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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2017
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Akihito Uji, Kyoto, JP;
Nagahisa Yoshimura, Kyoto, JP;
Hiroshi Imamura, Kawasaki, JP;
Makoto Sato, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus includes a determination unit configured to determine, as a partial region of a multi-channel fundus image including an optic disk area and a macular area of a subject's eye, one of a region of the multi-channel fundus image which includes the macular area and a region of the multi-channel fundus image which includes the optic disk area, and a generation unit configured to generate an image in which a difference in color of the partial region is enhanced, by applying to the partial region image processing based on a decorrelation stretching method.